20/03/2008

Preceded by the release of Questa notte è ancora nostra [+see also:
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Released early (by 01 Distribution on 440 screens today), Colpo d'occhio [+see also:
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Istituto Luce is distributing Carmine Amoroso’s Cover Boy: l'ultima rivoluzione on five screens. This second feature was marked by numerous production problems: shot in 2005, it is coming out two years after premiering at the RomeFilmFest and after winning a number of international awards.

For younger audiences, Lucky Red offers The Fox and the Child [+see also:
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The last European title (by co-production, between France, Israel and the US) is Eran Kolirin’s The Band [+see also:
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Rounding out the releases are two US titles: Mark Waters’ fantasy film The Spiderwick Chronicles (Universal) and 27 Dresses by Anne Fletcher (20th Century Fox).

(Translated from Italian)